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A postmodern revelation : signs of astrology and the Apocalypse, Jacques M. Chevalier
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- Summary
- In this new interpretation of the Book of Revelation, Jacques M. Chevalier examines the relationship between astromythology and Western interpretation. While scholars have noted the influence of ancient astromythology in Revelation before, Chevalier shows how John's heavenly imagery is the key to a polemical dialogue between modes of storytelling in Western history: astrology and eschatology, and naturalism and logocentrism. The book also explains how the 'genealogical' concerns of modern academia about the origins of natural and cultural history have supplanted the future-oriented visions of sidereal divination and Christian prophecy. The first three chapters and epilogue situate Chevalier's biblical analysis in the context of broader interpretations of astrology and the apocalypse developed by Jung, D.H. Lawrence, LTvi-Strauss, Derrida, Foucault, Cassirer, Adorno, Frye, Barthes, and Morin. They also provide the reader with a solid background in the history of astrological belief systems and exegetic readings of Revelation extending from antiquity to the late twentieth century. The remaining chapters are devoted to two questions. First, how does the imagery in Revelation relate to expressions of astromythology? Second, how do twentieth-century readings of Revelation reflect a 'genealogical' perspective on notions of signs, textuality, and destiny?A Postmodern Revelation is itself an 'apocalypse, ' a revelation to scholars interested in sign theory, eschatology, and the history of astrology. The book does far more than interpret the specific biblical text of John's Revelation: it plays with polemics and parallels in the history of Western thought, tracing the history of signs and their meaning from antiquity to a postmodern era that heralds the end of all myths of the End
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 415 pages)
- Contents
-
- 5. The Seven Churches of Asia
- 6. The Chariot of Fire
- 7. Seven Seals and Four Trumpets
- 8. The Last Three Trumpets
- 9. The Sun-Robed Woman
- Conclusion: Signs of Logomachy
- Postscript: In the Nearness of Evil
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Abbreviations
- 1. Ends and Flickers of Doubt
- 2. Music of the Spheres
- 3. A History of Revelations
- 4. Alpha and Omega
- Isbn
- 9781442678651
- Label
- A postmodern revelation : signs of astrology and the Apocalypse
- Title
- A postmodern revelation
- Title remainder
- signs of astrology and the Apocalypse
- Statement of responsibility
- Jacques M. Chevalier
- Subject
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- Astrologie
- BIBLIA Y ASTROLOGIA
- BIBLIA, N.T -- REVELACION | CRITICA, INTERPRETACION, etc
- Bibel, Offenbarung des Johannes
- Bible and astrology
- Bible and astrology
- Bible et astrologie
- Bible, New Testament | Apocalypse -- Critique, interprétation, etc
- Bible, Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies | New Testament
- Bible, Revelation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this new interpretation of the Book of Revelation, Jacques M. Chevalier examines the relationship between astromythology and Western interpretation. While scholars have noted the influence of ancient astromythology in Revelation before, Chevalier shows how John's heavenly imagery is the key to a polemical dialogue between modes of storytelling in Western history: astrology and eschatology, and naturalism and logocentrism. The book also explains how the 'genealogical' concerns of modern academia about the origins of natural and cultural history have supplanted the future-oriented visions of sidereal divination and Christian prophecy. The first three chapters and epilogue situate Chevalier's biblical analysis in the context of broader interpretations of astrology and the apocalypse developed by Jung, D.H. Lawrence, LTvi-Strauss, Derrida, Foucault, Cassirer, Adorno, Frye, Barthes, and Morin. They also provide the reader with a solid background in the history of astrological belief systems and exegetic readings of Revelation extending from antiquity to the late twentieth century. The remaining chapters are devoted to two questions. First, how does the imagery in Revelation relate to expressions of astromythology? Second, how do twentieth-century readings of Revelation reflect a 'genealogical' perspective on notions of signs, textuality, and destiny?A Postmodern Revelation is itself an 'apocalypse, ' a revelation to scholars interested in sign theory, eschatology, and the history of astrology. The book does far more than interpret the specific biblical text of John's Revelation: it plays with polemics and parallels in the history of Western thought, tracing the history of signs and their meaning from antiquity to a postmodern era that heralds the end of all myths of the End
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- CaOTU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chevalier, Jacques M.
- Dewey number
- 228/.068
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BS2825.2
- LC item number
- .C48 1997eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bible and astrology
- Bible et astrologie
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- RELIGION
- Bible and astrology
- Astrologie
- BIBLIA Y ASTROLOGIA
- Label
- A postmodern revelation : signs of astrology and the Apocalypse, Jacques M. Chevalier
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-398) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- 5. The Seven Churches of Asia
- 6. The Chariot of Fire
- 7. Seven Seals and Four Trumpets
- 8. The Last Three Trumpets
- 9. The Sun-Robed Woman
- Conclusion: Signs of Logomachy
- Postscript: In the Nearness of Evil
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Abbreviations
- 1. Ends and Flickers of Doubt
- 2. Music of the Spheres
- 3. A History of Revelations
- 4. Alpha and Omega
- Control code
- 244768745
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 415 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781442678651
- Lccn
- 97180034
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt59tkm
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)244768745
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- A postmodern revelation : signs of astrology and the Apocalypse, Jacques M. Chevalier
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-398) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5. The Seven Churches of Asia
- 6. The Chariot of Fire
- 7. Seven Seals and Four Trumpets
- 8. The Last Three Trumpets
- 9. The Sun-Robed Woman
- Conclusion: Signs of Logomachy
- Postscript: In the Nearness of Evil
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Abbreviations
- 1. Ends and Flickers of Doubt
- 2. Music of the Spheres
- 3. A History of Revelations
- 4. Alpha and Omega
- Control code
- 244768745
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 415 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781442678651
- Lccn
- 97180034
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt59tkm
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)244768745
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Astrologie
- BIBLIA Y ASTROLOGIA
- BIBLIA, N.T -- REVELACION | CRITICA, INTERPRETACION, etc
- Bibel, Offenbarung des Johannes
- Bible and astrology
- Bible and astrology
- Bible et astrologie
- Bible, New Testament | Apocalypse -- Critique, interprétation, etc
- Bible, Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies | New Testament
- Bible, Revelation
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